Nessa

“Let them taste the terror they make us swallow.”
― Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Blood and Bone

“But one day I’ll have to explain about my nightmares. Why they came. Why they won’t ever really go away.
I’ll tell them how I survive it. I’ll tell them that on bad mornings, it feels impossible to take pleasure in anything because I’m afraid it could be taken away. That’s when I make a list in my head of every act of goodness I’ve seen someone do. It’s like a game. Repetitive. Even a little tedious after more than twenty years.
But there are much worse games to play.”
― Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay

“His heart has a draft. It lets in light. It lets in storms. It lets in everything.”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

“For the ones who dream of stranger worlds.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic